In Project Zomboid Build 42, 3 items carry the base:charcoal tag. Recipes and actions that ask for "any charcoal" accept any of them, so you can use whichever one you have.
| Item | Category | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | Material | 0.8 |
| Coke | Material | 0.5 |
| Wood Charcoal | Material | 0.8 |
Recipes that accept any item with this tag:
3 items: Charcoal, Coke, Wood Charcoal.
It is used by 191 crafting recipes, including Forge Codpiece, Forge Metal Neck Guard, Forge Fingerless Metal Gloves, Assemble Forearm Armor, Assemble Full Metal Forearm Armor.
Figures on this page are read from the Build 42 game files (42.22, November 2026). Chances are relative weights inside each loot table, not exact drop rates. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.